Archie BRAND

Archie BRAND

Male 1908 - 1944  (36 years)

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  • Name Archie BRAND 
    Born 12 July (Dec Qtr) 1908  Alderburgh, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 15 Apr 1944  Monte Rotondo Military Cemetary, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I17589  Young Kent Ancestors
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2019 

    Father Mark BRAND,   b. Abt 1880,   d. Apr Qtr 1959, Newmarket District, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years) 
    Mother Alice DOWNING 
    Married Mar Qtr 1903  Newmarket District, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Marriages Mar 1903 (>99%)
      Brand Mark Newmarket 3b 731
      Downing Alice Newmarket 3b 731
    Family ID F5377  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ada Miriam CHAPMAN,   b. 3 Nov 1912 
    Married Jun Qtr 1932  Newmarket District, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Living
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F5381  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 1939 register
      Name: Archie Brand
      Gender: Male
      Marital status: Married
      Birth Date: 12 Jul 1908
      Residence Year: 1939
      Address: 10th Lock House
      Residence Place: Atherstone, Warwickshire, England
      Occupation: Stableman
      Schedule Number: 114
      Sub Schedule Number: 1
      Enumeration District: QFBG
      Registration district: 387/1
      Inferred Spouse: Ada Miriam Brand
      Household Members:
      Name
      Archie Brand
      Ada Miriam Brand
      The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: RG 101/5722I


      from Commonwealth War Graves Commission website:
      Driver
      BRAND, ARCHIBALD
      Service Number T/215015

      Died 15/04/1944

      Aged 35

      Royal Army Service Corps

      Son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Brand, of Newmarket, Suffolk; husband of Ada Miriam Brand, of Newmarket.


      INSCRIPTION
      HOW HARD IT IS TO PART WITH ONE WE LOVED SO DEAR. ALWAYS REMEMBERED BY WIFE MIRIAM, DAUGHTER JUNE
      Buried at CASSINO WAR CEMETERY

      Location: Italy
      Number of casualties: 3991

      Cemetery/memorial reference: I. A. 20.

      From: http://www.undyingmemory.net/Newmarket/brand%20archibald.html
      T/215015, Driver, Archibald BRAND
      Aged 35


      Royal Army Service Corps
      Killed in Action on Saturday 15th April 1944
      Born in Q4-1908 [Newmarket 3b:439] to Mark and Alice BRAND (née DOWNING), of 6 Mineral Cottages, Granby Street, Newmarket. His mother died in 1928 and father re married, to Daisy SCOTT in Newmarket in 1930.

      1911 census...Aged 3, he was at 6 Mineral Cottages, Granby Street, Newmarket with his father Mark BRAND [30] born Barrow, cow man on stud; his mother Alice [39] brothers John [7] born Aldeburgh; Jerry [5] and Mark [1]. Archie married Ada Miriam CHAPMAN in Newmarket in Q2-1932. They had a daughter, June. They have not been identified in the 1939 register, but his parents were at Victoria House, Drapery Row, Newmarket with his brother Peter [1-5-1939]. Ada married Frederick D.W.CLARK in 1958.

      Archibald and some others were moved to Cassino War Cemetery in February 1945. The original burial was between Cassino and Mignano, at Monte Rotondo (4 NZ M.D.S.) Military Cemetery in grave J.21.



      © Commonwealth War Graves Commission


      Archibald is buried in Cassino War Cemetery, Italy- Ref: I.A.20